Professional Experience
Luciana Nobrega e Silva Loureiro joined the Firm in 2010. She integrates the Tax practice group, with focus on international tax planning and consulting. Luciana has a wide breadth of experience supporting multinationals in their international expansion and/or reorganization strategies, including tax planning and support to corporate reorganizations, transfer pricing analysis and discussions with tax authorities (APAs and rulings), structuring and implementation of investments funds in Brazil and abroad, as well as domestic and cross border financial transactions. She is also skilled in legal project management for multijurisdictional corporate reorganizations.
Awards and Recognitions
Recognized as one of the most admired lawyers in Brazil by the Análise Advocacia 500 (2023) in the categories of Tax, Banks, and São Paulo, and by Análise Advocacia Mulher (2024) in the categories of International Trade, Tax, Banks, Textile, Apparel and Footwear, and São Paulo. Mentioned by Latin Lawyer 250 in the Tax category (2025) and by The Legal 500 – Latin America in the categories of Tax: Advisory/Customs/Litigation (2022).
Work abroad
Luciana has worked for two years in Luxembourg as a tax advisor in the Private Equity, Hedge and Real Estate Funds practice areas and one year in London at part of the global reorganization practice of Ablfs McKfnzif.
Academic Background
Luciana holds an Adv. LLM degree in International Tax Law from Leiden University (2008), a post-graduate degree in International Business Law from Center of University Extension (CEU) (2006) and a Bachelor at Law’s degree from Catholic University of Santos (2005).
Publications
Author/co-author of several books/articles, such as:
– Brazilian tax policy takes a step forward in agreement with the United Kingdom, Valor Econômico, 2022
– New foreign exchange regulations, royalties and the OECD, Valor Econômico, 2022
– Multinationals and Transparency in the EU, Valor Econômico, 2016;
– Private Client: A Q&A guide to private client law in Brazil, Practical Law Company, 2011;
– Mutual Agreement Procedure: Preventing the Compulsory Jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice? Intertax, 2009.
Representative matters and clients (public information)
– Tax assistance to Camil in the expansion of its presence in Ecuador by means of the acquisition of the local entities Ronaljavhu e Dajahu
– Tax assistance to Suzano in the set-up of a joint venture with the Finnish start-up Spinnova
– Tax assistance to Natura on the acquisition of Avon (closing January 2020) and The Body Shop (closing September 2017);
Languages
Portuguese, english and french.